[OOC] War of The Angelic Trio

[AimeChambers]

@Dracogenius

*pooooke*

[urukhai]

so how is everyone?

[Tsar Gatto]

I am most well. Yourself?

I am also spending much time obsessing over my preposed CSs. Read through the OOC and now have doubts as to suitability and Possible OP abilities, but have faith that with feedback from the GMs that a suitable point can be obtained.

[Wisp]

Sorry for the wait, everyone! Between real life responsibilities for Draco (and their focus on getting an IC post out) and my transferring to a new laptop (so many files, but I'm determined to do it myself), we haven't gotten around to reviewing your profiles. We'll be taking care of that ASAP today, so wait no more! Expect reviews shortly! ovo b

[Wisp]

If there's anything either of you would like to discuss regarding your reviews, feel free to either bring it up here in the OOC, or to shoot Draco and I a PM! Make sure that if you PM us, to do so in a singular PM. That way we can both respond to and see what's going on.

@AimeChambers
Alright! We really like the picture you've painted of Viktor, but there are a few discrepancies that need to be cleared up. King Vincent was a very kind and just man; he wouldn't have turned his back on his own flesh and blood like that. Though it's likely that he had Lady Melody leave his court, he would have taken Viktor in as his own and tried to raise him as though he had been born from the queen. Since Melody would no longer be a lady of the court, it does stand to reason that someone would have seen her as shameful to the kingdom and killed her. But as for Viktor being isolated and locked away, I don't think King Vincent would have done that. He would have tried to socialize him with his siblings, though the age gap would have made it difficult for sure.

Also, just for reference, the nobles and servants wouldn't speak ill of Viktor around the royal family, so any word of him being a shame to the family or a black sheep would have been spoken behind the family's back. It's unlikely that anyone outside of the castle would even know he was a bastard child - which leaves room for a lot of speculation on his heritage by the people of the kingdom. The only thing I ask you change about what's been said about him is being 'the devil's spawn' - that would generally imply a problem with the father, not the mother. Alternatives could be 'the son of a witch' or something to that effect, implying bad things about his mother.

@Tsar Gatto
Since we're reviewing three characters in one go, I'll try to separate the reviews clearly by putting them in hiders. ovo
(Also, you've reminded me that I only have Ichabod's more humanoid form for a picture - I suppose he just doesn't leave it often? I'll have to find a more demonic form for him.)

King Asmodeus

So, the first thing - Asomdeus is, as you've acknowledged, OP. Generally, our rule of thumb is this - a limit of two abilities, and they need to be related. For example, my necromancer, Ichabod, has longevity (his natural lifespan is longer than your average demon, due in part to his consumption of parts of souls) and necromancy (which is, of course, raising the dead, where he takes part of their soul and consumes it, while the rest of it is used to reanimate the body). I apologize that this was not made clear in the main post - we previously had this specified, and missed it when we were rewriting the roleplay for its reboot.

Ultimately, what we're suggesting for Asmodeus is this - the soul consumption is a fantastic demon ability, and it can be used in place of mana for his magic. However, his magic needs to be limited to a single type. For instance, Aislinn was a pyromancer, who when she cursed Lenore, passed on the creation of fire, but not manipulation. Another example is the demon who cursed Danielle passed on demon summoning, another type of magic. Ichabod, as well, has magic in his necromancy. There is also Hadrian, who manipulates light into solid constructs. Asomdeus needs a field to dominate, not a vast collection of sorcery. The only thing we won't accept is telepathy - it's not something we approve of being used on other players, so you'd be limited to using it on NPCs of your creation, which would severely limit your power usage. (And where's the fun in that?) Still, if you'd like to keep the telepathy, those are the limitations you'll need to keep in mind.

Something important in regards to his age is that Asmodeus is likely not the only one older than the kingdoms - we don't have the lore post up, so this wasn't made clear, and we're sorry about that. The world is stil new, so a lot of angels and demons are older than the kingdoms, and watched the humans form them. Of course, they didn't do it alone - there were both angelic and demonic messengers, who brought word of the archangels which the kingdoms were formed around. If you don't want to specify Asmodeus's "true" age - as I didn't for Ichabod or Picard, since they largely masquerade in their human forms - you can just list the age he appears. Ultimately, though, no one living on the physical plane of Eden is older than 1000. That's when their physical form dies, and they're returned to the spiritual plane.

The only other thing I'm going to mention is this. Again, without our lore post, this was unclear, and we're sorry about that. The kingdom of Lucifer has only been sealed away for nearly 300 years. The reason it's such a short period of time is that it was largely humans that sealed away the kingdom of Lucifer, so without much support from angels, they could only make the seal so strong. I trust that Asmodeus had a small, trusted court to guard his sleeping form, and that his disappearance from the throne is what gave way to the few previous rulers to his return. Otherwise, someone would have easily found his slumbering body and killed him in his sleep to assume full and unchallenged command of the throne. (Or, at least, unchallenged until someone felt powerful enough to take them on.)

Slarthanius

Slarthanius's ability is fantastic, but there's one issue - when a human is cursed, a portion of the ability is passed on. They would not become a servant to him, but instead most likely only be able to create infectious laughter in a single person. The idea that he can cause mass hysteria is interesting, so long as you keep the number of people he can "infect" at once reasonable. If you intend to have him use this ability on a player character, make sure to clear it with them first!

As for his blade, we're not accepting enchanted weapons. He can still possess a curved blade - perhaps one made of a metal that handles heat well, so he can stick it in a fire or something - but it cannot be enchanted to always be hot.

The edit of his ability only means this effect on his biography - he can still have gathered a small cult, but not by means of cursing them. Sure, he can have cursed several humans to encourage them (and even trick them) into following him and pledging their allegiance to him, and even recruit humans that have been cursed by other demons. Also, I wanted to make sure that Slarthanius has not mentioned the kingdom of Lucifer to anyone - there shouldn't be any word of it in the kingdoms, and anyone he may have tried to tell should/would have laughed it off. At this point, the kingdom nothing more than a bedtime story to tell children, whether it's to frighten them with demons, or to tell them a dashing story of heroes defeating demons. Since he's largely masquerading as a human, that would only increase the lack of credibility in any claims that the kingdom of Lucifer still thrives.

Last but not least, since he's masquerading as a human out and about in Eden, please include what age he appears! Also, if possible, mention in his biography what kingdom he claims to come from, since he can't claim to have come from Lucifer. I'm sure a traveling bard is bound to be asked that question at one point or another by border guards, so it would just be helpful to know in case you'd like his merry band of minstrels to have a reputation throughout the kingdoms.

Lady Visiloth

Unfortunately, we don't really have a place for nobles in the roleplay. You do mention her serving the monarchs, so she could perhaps be a member of the close court, though she'd be listed as a servant, like Picard is in Raphael. We'd recognize she's a lady of the court, but she'd be listed as a servant. Otherwise, if that doesn't suit you, she can be a bishop - bishops possess magic (which I would consider appearance morphing to fall under) and those in the Sheol Cathedral directly serve the reigning monarch(s). The only discrepancy I see is that as she's only 97, I doubt there would have been much changing of the monarchs in her time in Lucifer. Maybe three times at most - the third being Asmodeus re-assuming the throne. However, she most likely would have only been present to serve the previous king to Asmodeus's return.

With her ability, the curse should apply to both men and women in the same fashion. The fact that they are only gifted one appearance with the curse is not a problem, and though it may be unpleasant for men to transform into women, it shouldn't be a gender-specific curse. That's the only issue we have with that. Morphing her appearance is fascinating, and I like that it's restricted to humanoid forms.

As mentioned in Asmodeus's review, the kingdom has been sealed away for 300 years. Visiloth is only 97, so it's unlikely she knows what life outside of the underground kingdom is like. She can have her dreams and desires, but she'd be limited to knowledge from scriptures and word of mouth from older demons. Her restlessness is understandable, but I wanted to make that clear - she's most likely never seen the outside world. That's just for your reference, and not anything you need to add or change in your profile.

The last thing is that, as for Asmodeus and Slarthanius, it would be appreciated if you listed her appearing age alongside her "true" age.

[AimeChambers]

@Wisp

I'll be working on it then! Though I have to figure out how he got such a rowdy personality just from being loved X3

"Son of a witch" sounds cool! I'll use it.

[Wisp]

@AimeChambers
He could be upset about being largely raised by servants, as well as the loss of his mother. Perhaps he believes that King Vincent could have done more to protect his mother, and even resent him for kicking her out in the first place. Also, it wouldn't be a surprise if the nobles, servants, and tutors commented on his heritage to him when the "pure" royal family wasn't around.

[Tsar Gatto]

@Wisp @dracogenius

Thank you for the feedback, it is much appriciated and will most certainly assist me in making sure the characters fit as well as possible into the Rp.

I'm going to sleep now, but I will rework them tomorrow and post them once more :)

[AimeChambers]

@Wispgreat ideas! I'll write it up tomorrow

[lydyn]

-Falls over- Wow, I'm impressed with myself! I'm on page two of the role-play finally... don't judge me, I'm busy! =P But this is amazing. I can't wait to get started, but I can this is a role-play born from patience. =3 I have other things to do anyways, hehe. Great writing everyone!!

Edit: And whew, caught up!

[Tsar Gatto]

Asmodeus King of Lucifer

”The master? I traded my soul for the love of a beautiful maiden. She loved me up to the day she died, but that was twenty years ago and I’ve been in his service ever since.”

Name
Asmodeus

Age
Physical: 34
True: 713

Race
Demon

Role & Kingdom
King of the Kingdom of Lucifer

Ability & Weapon

Soul Consumption
Asmodeus has the ability to harness the raw power of souls themselves, using and consuming them to fuel his magical ability when he takes a life. A human soul taken forcefully is good, but nothing is quite as delicious as a soul given in a bargain or other such arrangement – the purer the better as far as he is concerned. The soul of an angel or demon, whilst usually difficult to obtain is just as scrumptious if not more-so.

Soul Regeneration
Asmodeus has the ability to use the energies of consumed souls to regenerate or harm in equal measure, twisting the life-force to his own cruel purposes. He is able to cause necrotic damage to spread through the flesh of his victims, alternatively he can heal wounds or sickness, though generally this ability is reserved for those who serve him most loyally or as a bargaining chip in his dealings –seeing how he isn’t particularly the altruistic type. (Whilst powerful this ability isn’t what you might call ‘cost-effective’, as to heal a single individual it takes the life force of at least one whole soul if not more depending on the affliction).

When passing on a curse to a human Asmodeus can either pass the ability to consume the souls of those killed (turning the human into a ‘soul-gatherer’ of sorts, seeing as they wouldn’t be able to use these souls other than to pass on to Asmodeus or his other cursed servants). Alternatively the ability to cause harm/healing, however without the ability to consume souls these would then needed to be gifted by one with the ability to do so before they could make use of this. This leads to interesting partnerships amongst his cursed followers, generally causing them to work in pairs.

Biography
Asmodeus has existed far longer than any of the three Kingdoms, the demonic lord having watched their founding and dealings with great interest along with several of his kin. He has ruled the Kingdom of Lucifer in the past, though sometimes leaving the fate of the Kingdom in the hands of those he considered lesser demons through either boredom or occasionally neglect, even allowing them to believe themselves victorious and him defeated if not for his own ends. Of course he believed this was not the case and he simply chose to allow them to believe such things whilst he was otherwise occupied or plotting.

With the sealing of the Kingdom of Lucifer Asmodeus flew into a most terrible rage, himself suddenly unable to leave the Kingdom or exercise the freedom he desired in influencing those outside of his new limited realm, something he had not foreseen with his absence form the throne. As such he retreated into a deep slumber, unwilling and uncaring to watch over the Kingdom in its new limited capacity, choosing to sleep rather than continue to dwell within the limits now placed upon them. He blamed a great many other demons for this situation, smiting many of them and greatly punishing others before his ‘hibernation’. Those left behind vied for power and the title of King passed from head to head throughout the years, though the agents of Asmodeus did not share in their master’s long slumber and continued with those tasks he had given them as they guarded his slumbering form carefully. Chief amongst these followers was Lady Vermina to whom he entrusted much responsibility, her alone being one of the few he believes he can truly trust.

Upon the nearing of the destruction of the great seal one such loyal servant has awoken him, the great Asmodeus returning to become King of Lucifer. Some whisper about what happened to the demon unfortunate enough to have been occupying the throne when he returned, but other than the hideous unending screeches that echoed from the dark towers above the palace few know little else. He has spent his time reawakening his powers and abilities, reforging his relationships and alliances with those demons and servants he deems worthy and of course plotting his most glorious revenge on the three Kingdoms and the humans who trapped he and his kin for so very long.
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Slarthanius “the Jester” of Lucifer

“Ahahahahahahahaha… look how he is making that peasant dance with his own entrails!”

Name
Slarthanius “the Jester” of Lucifer

Age
Physical: 25
Real: 411

Race
Demon

Role & Kingdom
Servant of the Kingdom of Lucifer

Ability & Weapon

Obsidian alloy Blade – The Jester possesses a most cruel and curved blade which he is more than proficient in using. It is unique in that the metallic alloy it is constructed from has an extremely high melting point, allowing it to easily be heated without casing the blade damage. In the past he has frequently used this as an implement of torture and death.

Uncontrollable infectious Laughter – Slarthanius is capable of upon meeting the gaze of a human of making them fall under the effects of a continuous and unending laughing fit. Mostly this is relatively harmless, unless of course continued to an extreme fashion, literally causing his victim to die of laughter, which is not nearly as pleasant as it might seem. Alternatively this effect can be used to target a group, ‘infectious’ laughter spreading amongst them, though not fatal it can be extremely distracting and debilitating depending on the situation at hand. When passing on a curse Slarthanius causes the cursed individual to gain the ability to also cause uncontrollable laughter, though this would not be ‘infectious’ as when Slarthanius does so – it is still extremely debilitating to one individual.

Fiddle – Slartanius can play a mean fiddle, but then wouldn’t you be able to if you’d been practising for more than 300 years too?

Biography
Slarthanius has been known by many names, though recently has taken on the mantle of The Jester, thriving in chaos, pain and destruction – and finding it all quite hilarious too. Since the founding of the Kingdoms he has found a passion in toying with and tormenting the many humans that populate Eden. However with the sealing of the Kingdom of Lucifer he despaired at the thought of being trapped solely with the generally humourless demons that reside within, making moves to flee and slip through to the human world, of course though he concealed this intention from his master (Asmodeus) who he felt would force him to reveal his method of escape before using it himself and therefore preventing Slarthanius from returning to Eden himself. Slipping through he spent much time indulging and simply wandering the lands recruiting cursed humans from the general population where possible, but mostly just disguising himself as a traveling bard who seems to simply have a twisted sense of humour.

The later years of his freedom Slarthanius has actually chosen to focus more rigorously upon recruiting and cursing those humans he felt some bond or attraction with, fearing the possible wrath of his previous master should he ever awaken and seek restitution for his absence. He has recruited a great many to what he has called ‘The Order of the Sanguine Exult’ under the title of Exulters, or simply traveling minstrels to those who may ask. This is a secret organisation that works silently in unison, placing its members (mostly cursed Humans) throughout the three Kingdoms wherever possible (though they are based in the Kingdom of Raphael, realistically thus far they have done no real harm and theirs numbers are not significant) in order to one day be called upon should the demonic kingdom ever return and seek vengeance upon their master.
Slarthanius has spent a great deal of time establishing himself as a wandering bard (of course disguised as a dashing human male) and has spent much time amongst the humans of this world. Truth be told his sense of humour is starting to fade when it comes to causing misery and suffering, though this may simply be down to his long absence from any of his kin and the traits and mannerisms of those humans he is even slowly becoming fond of, no matter how much he denies this (even to himself). He feels that the Exulters are his little messed up children, and through maintaining and interacting with them he feels something strange and alien to him, human feelings that he continues to push down deeper and deeper despite the fact that he continues to interact with them. Truth be told he is a little conflicted right now, but as long as he remains on his own amongst the humans he is happy to ignore these feelings and continue down his own path of self-discovery.

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Lady Vilsiloth Vermina

“Lady Vermina? I’d step with care around that one if I were you. She'd cut you down in a second.”

Name
Lady Vilsiloth Vermina

Age
Physical: 21
Real: 299

Race
Demon

Role & Kingdom
Servant of the Kingdom of Lucifer

Ability & Weapon
Lady Vermina has trained vigorously and relentlessly amongst the assassins and spies of Lucifer, gaining much experience in swordplay and other martial proficiencies which she longs to test against the humans of Eden. She wields a variety of weaponry, though specialises with shorter single blades and small thrown daggers, her fighting style being that of rapid flurries and whirling displays of acrobatics combined with sudden savage lunges and stabs. When in her natural form she has both clawed fingers and savagely sharp fangs, neither of which she is afraid to use when the situation arises, though she relies on a single savage shortsword that is often strapped to her waist.

Skinchanger – Lady Vermina has the ability to change her appearance at will, taking on the form of any human she desires. She is virtually undetectable (physically speaking) though if an angel were to gaze deeply into her eyes there would be a hint of the true evil that lay beneath her disguise, something that may unsettle any human who also observes this though they likely would not know quite why. This change is purely physical and she obtains no knowledge or ability from those she is mimicking. She is unable to ‘create’ an appearance, and this has to be copied from a human (though Lady Vermina recalls any appearance she has taken on and can switch at will). The change process is quick and somewhat unpleasant to observe, her skin melding and changing as if she were wrapped in liquid serpents for about five seconds before taking on the new appearance.

Upon passing on a curse she can ‘gift’ a single appearance to a human. This would mean that Lady Vermina herself can no longer take on this particular form (until the curse is revoked or the human dies). The cursed human can only change from their natural appearance to this ‘gifted’ appearance and no others.

Biography
Lady Vermina has served several of Lucifer’s rulers, though none as loyally or zealously so as Asmodeus, who she dearly loves in her own twisted way having long guarded his slumbering form. She believes that once the Kingdom has returned to the surface world that each of the human royal families responsible for their banishment needs to pay greatly for their past offenses with their misery and suffering (and eventually their lives), even though she herself has never set foot outside of the Kingdom. She seeks one day to replace one of the Royal families (though currently she cares not which) and take rulership for herself, disguised or not she cares little – she simply yearns for power over as many souls as possible and all the worshipers she knows she and her master deserve.

Lady Vermina has dwelt within the Kingdom of Lucifer for her entire life, unable to escape due to the seal, not able to find an alternative method of slipping into the human world like some others. She has entertained herself as much as possible through the limited number of humans in the Kingdom, though this entertainment has grown stale many years ago and she now seeks more than anything to journey to the human world and test her mettle against whatever best they have to offer. She is filled with fire and venom, her relative lack of experience so far more than made up for with her zeal and enthusiasm to succeed.

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@Wisp @dracogenius

[AimeChambers]

I finished~ *wipes the sweat from her forehead*
@Wisp@Dracogenius

Viktor Regnier

"There's something wrong about that kid, where does he get off making such a mess of things? Must be from that mother of his."

Name: Viktor Elliot Regnier
Nickname: Vicky (he hates it when people call him that.)
Age: 17
Race: An Average Human
Role & Kingdom: Prince of Raphael
Abilities & Weapon: Lacks divine abilities. Herbalist and fist-fighter

Biography: Born six years after his elder half sister, Vik is the youngest son. After Queen Carina died, years later King Vincent made love to a lady of the court by the name of Melody, who gave birth to Vik. After his birth, uproars were made from the people, until finally, the King had to leave his court. Only a year or two after that, his mother was killed by one of the people of his own country, saying she had sullied the royal bloodline. As a young child without a mother, he tried to take solace in the father he had. King Vincent offered him anything a formal prince could have and doted on him just as much as his brother and sister.

But then he would hear things from dark corners, much of them reached his ears on purpose. None of the people outside of the castle walls knew that he was a bastard, but the ones that did know seem to hate him and prey on the young boy's weakness of his mother's death. As he grew older, he started to resent his father for not doing more to protect his mother. He shouted and ignored his brother and sister that tried to make up with him, they had all the things he had, but none of the whispers the feeling of hate making his skin crawl.

In basic terms, this drove the poor boy to make a shell around himself. He would act rashly and tough, so that no one could see the hurt that had plagued him and made him want to crumble. King Vincent became more occupied with his heir and daughter that were becoming so honest and worthy as the prince and princess. Vik was also terrible at using the sword and didn't seem to ever pick up well on conversation and manners. As he grew older, he would escape the castle and get into streetfights, learning more and more about how to fist fight. Whenever the King did get the defiant teenager to go see him, he would be uncouth and horrible, acting highly unsuitable for his title of prince.

The king couldn't seem to find any kind of weaponry attribute that he had. It was only the fact that whenever the tutors did convince him to do work that he was able to get 100% that the king could take notice of his intelligent mind. Hoping to cultivate this intelligence, he would have to study day by day to study long hours. Vik may have had one of the most intelligent brains, but he refused to do any of the work that came with learning. He would avoid his tutors as often as possible, he even became well known in the kitchens for stealing food without permission. All Viktor would bother to do for his tutors was read, he loathed writing papers after all.

When the King died, Viktor felt shameful of how badly he acted all those years. He cut back on his shenanigans, but still refused to learn things such as politics and the proper manners of a prince. Vik would wonder the castle all day, skipping out on tutoring and finding good places to read. Only when he reached the age of 16 did he get to venture out of the castle. All the boy wanted to do was get away from the castle that called him the black sheep of the family behind closed doors, so he left to study in the Kingdom of Josphiel, a kingdom he had been fascinated with for quite some time.

Viktor stayed there for a year, and gained an interest in herbology. Without being in a place where he had to keep up his guard all the time, he was able to become a decent apprentice for a while to become a herbalist and a healer. His problems were that he was never good at being bossed around and being taught, the years of avoiding his tutors proved that. Finally his Mentor all but kicked him out and he set to return to the kingdom of Raphael with his standard pack of ground herbs.

Note: He hasn't been in the castle for over a year, so his natural instinct of putting up a front may become harsher than ever.

[AimeChambers]

Who's turn is it? o.0

[Dracogenius]

@AimeChambers -- It's technically mine, but I've been struggling hard with a mixture of "writer's block" and my concern of how things will be managed after my post.

Also, I approve of your profile; you may post in the character tab.

@Tsar Gatto -- Approved, forgive me for the lateness. You may post in the character tab.

If you two would like to, my co-GM has been suggesting you two to post before I do. Would you guys like to do that before I post, or wait till I've posted? I'm pushing something to happen today, no matter how mangled my writing for this post feels like it's going to be.

[AimeChambers]

@Dracogenius

I was thinking I would post Viktor after yours, but I may be able to do it before. Depends on how busy I am.

[Dracogenius]

@AimeChambers -- Whichever you think is more effective, there is no pressure. I was originally not going to write for Valentine, just to give Cordelia and Cain a post between the two momentarily and await one more turn for a written response from Mel.

[AimeChambers]

Then you could write your planned post, then I write Vik's, then if you want to you can do a one character reply for him.

@Dracogenius

[Tsar Gatto]

@Dracogenius

Many thanks!

I will get to posting as soon as I can, but the hour here is quite late and it may not be before I go to sleep.

Its a bank holiday here tomorrow though, so I should have plenty of time then to do so if I haven't got it up tonight. Either way will do-so asap :)

[lydyn]

Hey guys, I got approved, and plan on not only post my character but also my IC post... however I have to eat, do laundry, and possibly catch up on another role-play first. It should be done today though (it's 3 PM here right now). <3

[Cubix]

I have to say that your characters' IC are just plain awesome. Beautiful. I look forward to RPing with you talented people XD I've got to improve as well :D